1 - AS 1428.1-1998 DESIGN FOR ACCESS AND MOBILITY - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS-NEW BUILDING WORK
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - 1 SCOPE
7 - 2 APPLICATION
8 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - 4 DEFINITIONS
8 - 4.1 Angle of approach
8 - 4.2 Circulation space
8 - 4.3 Continuous accessible path of travel (accessway)
8 - 4.4 Grabrail
8 - 4.5 Handrail
8 - 4.6 Kerb
8 - 4.7 Kerb ramp
8 - 4.8 Landing
8 - 4.9 Ramp
9 - 4.10 Step ramp
9 - 4.11 Walkway
9 - 5 WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
9 - 5.1 General
9 - 5.2 Walkways
9 - 5.3 Ramps
10 - 5.4 Angles of approach for walkways, ramps and landings
10 - 5.5 Curved ramps and walkways
12 - 5.6 Camber and crossfall in ramps and walkways
12 - 5.7 Landings
12 - 5.8 Kerb ramps and step ramps
12 - 5.8.1 Location
13 - 5.8.2 Profile
14 - 6 HANDRAILS AND GRAB RAILS
14 - 6.1 Handrails
15 - 6.2 Grabrails
16 - 7 DOORWAYS, DOORS AND CIRCULATION SPACE AT DOORWAYS
16 - 7.1 Provision of entrances
17 - 7.2 Clear opening of doorways
17 - 7.3 Circulation spaces at doorways on a continuous accessible path of travel
17 - 7.3.1 Swinging doors
20 - 7.3.2 Sliding doors
21 - 7.4 Distance between doorways in passages
22 - 7.5 Door glazing (including walls and sidelights)
22 - 7.5.1 General
22 - 7.5.2 Frameless or fully glazed doors
22 - 7.6 Door controls
22 - 8 LIFTS
23 - 9 STAIRWAYS
23 - 9.1 General
23 - 9.2 Stair geometry
23 - 9.3 Stairway handrails
23 - 10 SANITARY FACILITIES
23 - 10.1 General information
24 - 10.2 Accessible unisex sanitary facilities
24 - 10.2.1 General
24 - 10.2.2 WC pan
25 - 10.2.3 WC pan clearances
25 - 10.2.4 Cistern
25 - 10.2.5 Seat
25 - 10.2.6 Flushing control
25 - 10.2.7 Toilet paper dispenser
25 - 10.2.8 Grabrails
26 - 10.2.9 Circulation space in WCs
26 - 10.2.10 WC doors
26 - 10.3 Washbasins
31 - 10.4 Washroom fixtures and fittings
31 - 10.4.1 Mirrors
31 - 10.4.2 Shelves
31 - 10.4.3 Soap dispensers, towel dispensers and the like
32 - 10.4.4 Clothes-hanging devices
32 - 10.4.5 Shredder disposal units and sanitary incinerators
32 - 10.4.6 Switches and general purpose outlets
32 - 10.5 Showers
32 - 10.5.1 General
32 - 10.5.2 Opening shower screens
32 - 10.5.3 Grabrails
32 - 10.5.4 Shower head support grabrail
33 - 10.5.5 Shower head
33 - 10.5.6 Soap holder
33 - 10.5.7 Taps
33 - 10.5.8 Folding seat
33 - 10.5.9 Floor and waste outlet
33 - 10.6 Combined sanitary facilities
34 - 10.7 Sanitary facilities for children and adolescents
34 - 10.8 Sanitary facilities for people with ambulant disabilities
34 - 10.8.1 General
34 - 10.8.2 Grabrails
34 - 10.9 Identification of facilities
40 - 11 CONTROLS
40 - 11.1 Door handles and hardware
40 - 11.1.1 Design and performance
40 - 11.1.2 Location
40 - 11.2 Switches and general purpose outlets (power points)
41 - 11.3 Water taps
41 - 12 SURFACE ON A CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL
42 - 13 CAR PARKING FACILITIES
42 - 14 SIGNS
42 - 14.1 Use of international symbol
42 - 14.2 Form of the international symbol
42 - 14.3 International symbol for deafness
44 - 14.4 Form of signs
44 - 14.5 Signs
44 - 14.5.1 Location of signs
44 - 15 SEATING IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
44 - 15.1 Auditorium
45 - 15.2 Surfaces
45 - 15.3 Special requirements
45 - 16 HEARING AUGMENTATION-LISTENING SYSTEMS
45 - 17 LIGHTING
45 - 17.1 Interior lighting -Safe movement
45 - 17.2 Provision for people with hearing impairment
50 - APPENDIX A - EXAMPLES OF KERBS
52 - APPENDIX B - ANGLES OF APPROACH FOR WALKWAYS, RAMPS AND LANDINGS
53 - APPENDIX C - CIRCULATION SPACES AT DOORWAYS ON A CONTINUOUS ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL
57 - APPENDIX D - EXAMPLES OF COMBINED SANITARY FACILITIES USING MINIMUM SPACE

Specifies design requirements applicable to new building work in public and commercial buildings, to provide access for people with disabilities. Attention is given to the needs of people who use wheelchairs, people with ambulatory disabilities and sensory disabilities, to permit independent use of buildings. This new edition incorporates Amendment No. 1, 1993, and draft Amendment No. 2 issued for public comment as DR 97355.

This Standard specifies the design requirements applicable to new building work, excluding work to private residences, to provide access for people with disabilities. Particular attention is given to accessways and circulation spaces and consistent linkages suitable for use by people who use wheelchairs, and access and facilities for people with ambulatory disabilities and for people with sensory disabilities.NOTES:1 This Standard does not contain requirements for furniture and fitments used in the fitouts of such buildings. (See Preface).2 Buildings that are purpose-built for people with disabilities should be designed with regard for the special need of the occupants of these buildings over and above the requirements of the BCA and this Part of the Standard.3 This Standard may also be applied for the provision of access to existing buildings.

Draft Revision see DR 00098 CP First published as part of AS CA52.1-1968.Revised and redesignated AS 1428-1977.Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1428.1-1988.Second edition 1993.Third edition 1998. First published as part of AS CA52.1-1968. Revised and redesignated AS 1428-1977. Revised and redesignated in part as AS 1428.1-1988. Second edition 1993. Third edition 1998.